Primary battery.



No'. 859,437. PATENT'BD JULY 9, l1907. W. P. `DIVINE & A. J. s'HINN.

PRIMARY BATTERY.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1906.

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PATENTED JULY 9, 1907. J. SHINN.

W. P. DIVINE & A

PRIMARY BATTERY. APPLIOATION 11.31) AUG. 1, 1906.

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WILLIAM I. DIVINE ANI) ALBERT J. SIIINN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO DECKER ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

PRIMARY BATTERY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application fina August 1,1906. sermNo. 328,649.

To all whom 'it may concern.:

3e it known that we, WILLIAM P. DIVINE and ALBERT J. SI-nNN. both of Philadelphia, in the county oiiIhla'.- delphia and State of Pennsylvania7 have invented certain Improvements in Primary Batteries, of which the following is a speci tcation.

This invention is a primary battery in ivhiclra series of porous tubes are supporti-d and connected by n header or headers so that. they form communicating compartments for the circulation oi solution therein and contain elements innnersed in a solution exterior to the tubes.

This construction and the further improvements coinprised in the invention will more fully appear by reference to the following description and the accompanying drawings in illustration thereof.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a. broken sectional side elevation of a cell made in accordance with our invention, Fig. f2 represents n. plan view of the smile, Fig. Ii represents a. transverse vertical sectional view thereof, Fig. 4 represents a broken vertical sectional side elevation of a` modited form of the invention, Fig. 5 represents a plan view of the forni of the invention shown in Fig. 4, and Fig. G represents a transverse sectional View of the moditied construction.

As shown in Figs. l. 2, envelop l has therein two sets of horizontally disposed porous tubes 2 with their respective ends set in the solid headers 3, preferably of graphite, and the hollow headers 4 of non-conducting material in lependent in construction from the envelop. The iheaders lt provide conduifs willi which the respective sets ot' tubes com lnunicntc, and have at their bottoms the nipples which are set in the conduit. ti supported on the bottom of the envelop and having the nipple 7 which projects tlwretln'ough. Within the respective tubes 2 are the rod electrodes 8, preferably oll graphite, set in the solid headers 3 by which they are supported, the rods beinlar screw threaded and ol' irregular surface to engage them iu their supports and to increase the area ol' the exposed surfaces for the action of the battery solul ion cout-.iined in the tubes. Within the envelop`on either side of the row of tubes are placed plate electrodes tl and tl, preferably ot' zinc, subject to the action ol' a lsolution introduced aud withdrawn by way of the passage 7/ through the bottom ol' the envelop. A ter min-.il l() connects the electrodeheaders 2i and a terminal l ,l connects the electrodes tl and 9.

As shown in Figs. al, 5, and (i, the envelop l2 hasl therein the vertically disposed porous tubes lil set. in the horizontally disposed ho'llow headers l-t which are supported in the bottom of the envelop and provide a and i of the drawings, the

common connection for the circulation of Ve. fluid in the tubes. The headers 14 are provided with nipples 15 by d which they communicate with a. conduit 16 having a. 55

nipple 17 passing through the bottom of the envelop. The conduit .lti and the block 18 resting en the bottom of the envelop support the headers 14. i i' Within the porous tubes 13 are disposed carbon electrodes 19 provided with screw threads 20.by which 60 they are connected io Jihe conducting headers 21 which may be of sectional construction connected and supported by the conducting dowel screws or rods 22 passing through the envelop l2 and a terminal 23. Withinthe envelop and exterior to the porous tubes nre the zine electrodes 24 provided` with the dove-tail tope 25 which eng-.ige willi the dove-tail grooves 26 of couplings 27 connected with the terminal 28.

Having described our invention, we claim:-

i. A battery comprising'` an envelop, a hollow header 70 within said envelop and constructed independently thereot'. a plurality ol porous tubes connected by said header, a second header. and electrodes in said tubes connected by said second header.

1.. A battery having,r a plurality of porous tubes, a hol;

low header connectiimy and supporting ends of said tubesn electrodes within said tubes, and n conducting header con nectiln;- and supportingr said electrodes.

5. A batterr having: a 'plurality of porous tubes, electrodes within said tubes, u hollow bender connecting and supporting: corresponding ends of said tubes, and a conducting.r header connecting and supporting corresponding ends ol" said electrodes and supporting corresponding ends of said tubes.

4. A battery havin: n plurality of porous tubes, elcctrodes within said tubes, a header .electrically connecting and supporting said electrodes` and closing corresponding endsl o1 said tubes. a hollow header connecting the opposite ends ot said tubes, a conduit with which said hollow header is connected. and :ln envelop in 'which Suid parts 9() :tre *cont uined.

.'i. battery comprising.` an envelop. apluraliiy of hollow headers within suid envelop, a conduit with which said headers are connected. a plurality of `sets of tubes each having.: correspondin;y ends thereof connected by one ol" said hollow headers. a plurality ol' sets of electrodes each disposed in one ot said tubes. and a conducting header t'or connecting: each sci ot` said electrodes.

ti. llattery havin.;r au en\'elop.'a hollow header t'lrere` in, porous tubes connected h v said header, threaded elcc-` 10() 

